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Thomas Kuhn

  • Birth

    Thomas Samuel Kuhn is born in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father was an industrial engineer who served in WW1 and was a graduate of MIT and Harvard.
  • Schooling

    Kuhn, after receiving his masters in physics in 1946, he receives his doctorate as well as is elected to join the Society of Fellows at Harvard.
  • The Copernican Revolution

    While teaching at Harvard he began to work on writings looking at Aristotle's works and theories. it is later published by the Cosmo Magazine.
  • Professor

    Kuhn is finally elevated to full professor of the History of Science thought he wanted to run as a professor of philosophy.
  • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

    Kuhn finally begins his writings challenging the so called "normal science" and begins to help understand that their are different forms and categories for it
  • Death

    Kuhn is lost to the world after a failed battle with cancer in his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts in June 17, 1996